I’m thrilled to be writing to you, John.
This marks my first email to all of you since joining 350.org as the new North America Director. As you read this, we’re celebrating some enormous wins, including yesterday’s defeat of Senator Manchin’s Dirty Deal yet again in Congress!
In this message, I’ll share a bit more about me and what brings me to 350, but first I want to invite you to join me virtually for a live webinar on Tuesday, December 13 at 7:30 pm ET/4:30 pm PT so we can get acquainted more personally, share where we’re headed now that the midterm elections are over, and get your thoughts on the work we should be doing heading into 2023.
There will be a ton of helpful updates from the team including on COP27 and the major wins and challenges, what’s next with Senator Manchin’s Dirty Deal, the latest on our Fossil Free Federal Reserve Campaign, and what the outcomes of the midterms mean for our climate work moving forward.
Now, a bit more about me…
First and foremost, I’m an organizer. In this role, I’ll be putting my skills to task to help grow our organizing machine to mobilize against the fossil fuel industry and for climate solutions.
I come with three decades of organizing experience, in labor, in community, and in climate. As a labor organizer, I worked with everyone from Uber drivers to renewable energy workers looking to get a voice on the job. As a community organizer, I worked with communities fighting for higher wages, against foreclosures and evictions, and to protect our democracy. I have been with many of you at the frontlines of mass actions, whether the Breakfree Action in 2016, or organizing to support Indigenous and frontline leaders fighting the Line 3 pipeline.
I am excited to help bolster our local groups and really build an organization that provides programming, training, a vision, and support for everyone who has been at the frontlines of the fight against extraction and who are looking for a new world of solutions.
We will experiment, we will not be afraid to put it all on the line – even if that means sometimes failing – and move forward. In a nutshell, 350 U.S. is committed to continuing this critical work and we’re so grateful to have you here as the driving force of this people-powered movement.
Love and solidarity and looking forward to working with all of you.
Jeff Ordower
North America Director
350.org
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